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| "Warm Winter" Often in the winter, when I drive over the Haymaker Parkway bridge later in the day, I notice the warm red & pink hues of several of Kent's downtown structures. The warm light from the setting sun turns Kent into a Monét-like scene. Though Monét was known for watercolor, an oil style emerged as I worked on this image. |
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| "4180: Late Sunday Afternoon" Fast becoming my signature work, "4180" was inspired by the work of Edward Hopper, an American Scene painter who lived from 1882-1967. Preoccupied with the effect of light and shadow and the moods they evoked at different times of the day, Hopper was most famous for his painting “Nighthawks” (1942). But 12 years earlier, he painted “Early Sunday Morning” (1930). It was my intent in “4180: Late Sunday Afternoon,” to capture Hopper’s style of “warm” reddish light as Engine #4180 passed through Kent. |
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| "Watercolor Memories" captures, for me as the artist, what our hometown of Kent, Ohio is... a tranquil walk along life's harried pathway. This scene was captured on a very warm, serene fall day and the image helps me relive the day every time I work with it. |
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| "October Reflections" is not one of my favorites, mostly because of the time I have spent working on it in comparison to the satisfaction it gives me. I keep selling it only because others buy it! I think perhaps people like it for its nostalgic quality and because we know that the Cuyahoga River really isn't this blue! We who live here enjoy the old meandering river, so perhaps we all like to imagine it this beautiful! |
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| "11 S. River St." is home to Williams, Welser, and Kratcoski, Attorneys at Law. To me, in the winter, this building is an architectural beauty. Plus, the palette of red in this brick is extraordinary. With the new Heritage Park behind the dam and the stairs leading there, my mind meanders vicariously. |
| With Kent Free Library construction, this scene (with open sky) is now an image of the past. |
| "CSX 724 in Winter" has become one of my personal favorites in my newly released work. I am not particularly fond of trains (or the cold weather!), but I have enjoyed working with this image. The blues and greens are beautiful and run throughout the image, from train to water to sky (and blue/green even appears on window trim and on the single old train car in the background). With the help of Cass, at McKay Bricker Framing the image has been matted in a gray board that has undertones of green and blue. A wonderful choice. This is also the first image I printed on canvas so it holds special meaning for me. |
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"CSX Double" is an adaptation of Watercolor Memories.
A client wanted a picture in warmer weather but with a train, so I
used a train from another image to create this one!
I think he was happy with it and I have sold others since! Since this
is such a common scene in Kent, it makes sense to offer such an
image for purchase...
Thanks for the idea, John! (Someday, I'd like to be there to capture
the actual train when it comes through town.)
A client wanted a picture in warmer weather but with a train, so I
used a train from another image to create this one!
I think he was happy with it and I have sold others since! Since this
is such a common scene in Kent, it makes sense to offer such an
image for purchase...
Thanks for the idea, John! (Someday, I'd like to be there to capture
the actual train when it comes through town.)
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"Pufferbelly LTD"
I like it because of those iridescent windows and wreath, neither of
which were manipulated.
Of all the images I have completed, this gives the greatest
satisfaction because it most closely emulates watercolor and the
details are wonderful...because it's a wonderful piece of
architecture!
Printed on 165# watercolor paper or 100% cotton canvas and
matted in a dark tealish green (thanks to Jennifer at McKay Bricker
Framing), it's a holiday favorite. (It is also the most requested note
card image, so many of my note card sets include this holiday
design.)
I like it because of those iridescent windows and wreath, neither of
which were manipulated.
Of all the images I have completed, this gives the greatest
satisfaction because it most closely emulates watercolor and the
details are wonderful...because it's a wonderful piece of
architecture!
Printed on 165# watercolor paper or 100% cotton canvas and
matted in a dark tealish green (thanks to Jennifer at McKay Bricker
Framing), it's a holiday favorite. (It is also the most requested note
card image, so many of my note card sets include this holiday
design.)
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One very crisp, clear day in January of 2006, I was driving home &
happened to look over the 59 bypass bridge to see the vibrant colors in
downtown. Inspired by the scene, I drove down Franklin Ave. and
noticed the light hitting the side of the Marvin Kent train car. But
something was missing...that touch of Christmas that had in previous
years bedecked the car. I knew what I had to do so I got in my car and
went home to get a holiday swag which I added long streamers to.
When I arrived back at the car, the result was just what I had hoped
for-- the afternoon sun casting huge shadows from the streamers as
well as from the rivets in holding the metal panels together.
I just released this image in November of 2007. In November 2008, I
released notecards based on the image. They are for sale at Black
Squirrel Gallery, 414 E. Main St., Kent.
happened to look over the 59 bypass bridge to see the vibrant colors in
downtown. Inspired by the scene, I drove down Franklin Ave. and
noticed the light hitting the side of the Marvin Kent train car. But
something was missing...that touch of Christmas that had in previous
years bedecked the car. I knew what I had to do so I got in my car and
went home to get a holiday swag which I added long streamers to.
When I arrived back at the car, the result was just what I had hoped
for-- the afternoon sun casting huge shadows from the streamers as
well as from the rivets in holding the metal panels together.
I just released this image in November of 2007. In November 2008, I
released notecards based on the image. They are for sale at Black
Squirrel Gallery, 414 E. Main St., Kent.
Fall, 2004